Technique
Red-figure
Period
c. 530–320 BC
Collection
35588 vases
The technique that revolutionised Greek vase painting. Figures are left in the natural red clay colour while the background is painted black. This allowed painters to use a brush for internal details instead of an incising tool, enabling far greater naturalism, anatomical detail, and emotional expression.
35588 examples
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
SKYPHOS (CORINTHIAN)
Skyphos
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
INCENSE BURNER (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -425 to -375
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -425 to -375
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -450 to -400
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
· -475 to -425
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps OLTOS
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
STAND (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Proto-Panaetian Group
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKANIS LID (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
PHIALE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Phiale
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
COLMAR P by WILLIAMS
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Amphora
· -475 to -425
KRATER, VOLUTE, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -475 to -425
CUP B (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUERGIDES P by PETRAKOVA
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
AMPHORA (?), FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EUTHYMIDES by BEAZLEY
· Amphora
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, CALYX, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Euphronios
· Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ANTIPHON P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps EUPHRONIOS
· Skyphos
· -525 to -475
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -400 to -300
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ERETRIA P by LEZZI-HAFTER
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
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